Round 3 continues here. The complete elimination bracket can be seen here. There was one statistical upset this week as Watchmen (2009) edged out Metropolis (1927) by a single vote. There was also a tie between Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), so we used the round one results as the tie breaking factor and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) has advanced to the next round.
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Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 34: Round 3
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 33: Round 3 begins
Round 3 of 8 begins, winnowing the final 64 contenders down to 32. The voting starts here. The complete elimination bracket can be seen here. Last week’s statistical upset was Island of Lost Souls (1932) losing to Charly (1968). For two straight weeks, none of the brackets were truly “close,” although that will probably happen more and more often as we get further and further into the tournament with fewer and fewer contenders.
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 32: Round 2 concludes
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 31: Round 2
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 30: Round 2
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 29: Round 2
The first round of eliminations continues here. The complete elimination bracket can be seen here. We had two statistical upsets last week: based on the round one voting, The Iron Giant (1999) was expected to beat E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Summer Wars (2009) was expected to beat Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 28: Round 2
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 27: Round 2
The first round of eliminations continues here. The complete elimination bracket can be seen here. I’ll update those brackets with winners every week, and I’m tempted to mark the “upset” votes as well (i.e. ones where round one indicated that the other movie would have won.) Would that be of interest to you, the reader?
Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Week 26: Round 2
The first round of eliminations continues here. The complete elimination bracket can be seen here. Because we didn’t take a week off as originally planned, we’re leaving voting on week 25 open for one more week to make sure everybody gets a chance to be heard.